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motor spirit

motor spirit noun: gasoline, petrol.

Noun

motor spirit (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) gasoline, petrol
    • A new oil traffic in block trainloads, expected to amount to 150,000 tons of refined motor spirit annually for B.R., has begun between the Shell refinery at Stanlow and a new terminal built at Hunslet East in connection with Shell-Mex and B.P.'s expansion scheme at Knostrop, Leeds....1962 November, “News in Brief”, in Modern Railways, page 306

motor spirit meaning in Tamil

motor spirit in Tamil

பெட்ரோல்

Questions about motor spirit

What does motor spirit mean?
Motor spirit means gasoline, petrol.
What is motor spirit in Tamil?
Motor spirit in Tamil is பெட்ரோல். See Motor spirit meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is motor spirit?
Motor spirit is a noun.

Words near motor spirit in the dictionary

  1. motor shows
  2. motor skill
  3. motor skills
  4. motor speedway
  5. motor speedways
  6. motor spirit
  7. motor station
  8. motor stations
  9. motor theory
  10. motor torpedo boat
  11. motor torpedo boats

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